News 2016 March 2

Statoil awarded six licensing options offshore Ireland

ANL implements BAF for USA Service - ANZ to East Coast USA - Canada

Abu Dhabi Port showcases Kizad and Khalifa Port offerings at Gulfood

Diana Shipping reports financial results for 2015

Otto Marine secures OSV chartering contract worth of AUD94.8 million to a renowned international E&P company

Newbuild jack-up rig of Noble Corporation damadged during contstruction

Fincantieri teams up with Huarun Dadong Dockyard in ship repairs

Seago Line starts new Irish Sea Service into Liverpool and Dublin

Cargotec completes the acquisition of maritime software company INTERSCHALT

Gazprom Neft posts its consolidated financial results in accordance with IFRS for FY 2015

Port of Gdansk is among strategic partners of 5th Nationwide Maritime Law Conference

Port of Gdansk Authority SA receives "Diamond of Polish Infrastructure" award

Round table discussion dedicated to Rail Baltica project held in Lithuania

Power Barge Corp. partners with BWSC, Vard Marine U.S. to design and build a power barge

Unaudited net profit of Tallink Grupp in 2015 more than doubled compared to last year and amounted to EUR 59.1 million

Icebreaker escort services in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland provided to 9 vessels

IFO-380 HS prices at port Novorossiysk are not stable (graph)

Boskalis appoints Bram Gräber as group director Offshore Energy Maritime

Sergei Smirnov appointed as Acting Director General of Proletarsky Zavod JSC (photo)

GSF calls for international forum to explore shipping industry challenges

ZIM to launch a New Guyana & Suriname Express service

Throughput of Port Vysotsky LLC up 20% to 865,482 t in Jan-Feb'16

CMA CGM to improve its service between the Indian Subcontinent/Middle East Gulf and Douala (Cameroon)

Newest diesel-electric submarine Veliky Novgorod to be floated out in Saint Petersburg on March 18

Euroseas announces the delivery of Kamsarmax bulk carrier Xenia

Indicative prices go up at the bunkering market of port St. Petersburg (graph)

ABS-classed vessel carries historic LNG export from US

Incat Crowther to design 20m cat ferry for cruises on Loch Ness, Scotland

Scorpio Tankers announces agreements to time charter-in three ice class 1A Handymax product tankers

Snezhnogorsk small-sized ASW ship of Russia's Northern Fleet entered the Barents Sea to perform combat training

NCSP Group cargo turnover totaled 11.9 million tonnes in January 2016

Gazpromneft Marine Bunker delivers first bunkering consignment for STASCO (photo)

Brent Crude futures price up 0.3% to $36.92, Light Sweet Crude – down 0.11% to $49.25

Bunker prices go up at port Vladivostok (graph)

Baltic Dry Index up to 332 points